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The Chess Drum
The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2022!
The year 2022 was an exciting one and seemed to zip by quickly. We had a big announcement from current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best Chess Olympiad in history and perhaps the biggest controversy in decades. There were also heartwarming stories such as National Master Tyrone Davis traveling…
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News Briefs Index (2019)
Brewington Hardaway, National Master at 10!Photo by US Chess December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2019! (31 December 2019) 2019 World Rapid & Blitz (Moscow, Russia) (31 December 2019) HBCU chess tourney set for April 2020! (27 December 2019) Firoujza miffed about Iran mandate, ponders switch (26 December 2019) Gohil…
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News Briefs Index (2022)
December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2022! (31 December 2022) Ortega is Cape Verde’s 2022 Chess Champion (31 December 2022) 2022 Liberian Chess Championship (27 December 2022) 2022 World Rapid & Blitz (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (26 December 2022) Blitz tourney heats up NYC… Colas wins! (24 December 2022) 2022 Capital City…
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The Chess Drum
The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2019!
The year of 2019 was an important one for The Chess Drum. There was a historic Grand Chess Tour event that took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. This tournament featured 10 of the world’s top players. Magnus Carlsen won that tournament, but more importantly it gave the continent a stage…
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Africa
Amin wins 5th African Championship!
GM Bassem Amin, 2018 African Champion Egyptians GM Bassem Amin and WGM Shahenda Wafa are 2018 African Champions. The event was held May 12-22 and organized by African Chess Confederation (ACC) and the Chess Federation of Zambia (CZF). It is Amin’s 5th continental championship (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017, 2018)…
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Drum Majors
Justus Williams earns 3rd IM norm!
Justus Williams, Webster University Photo by Paul Truong (SPICE) FIDE Master Justus Williams has had an interesting ride in his chess career. Coming from Bronx, New York, he became a National Master at 12, starred in “Brooklyn Castle” in 2013, won the Junior Open back later in the same year…
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2009 African Jr. Championships (Cairo, Egypt)
Under the auspices of the African Chess Union, the Egyptian Chess Federation has the honor of inviting African Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2009 African Junior Chess Championship and African Girls Chess Championship Under 20. The 2009 African Junior & Girls Chess Championships will be held from…
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South Africa
Amin, February win 2024 African Individuals!
GM Bassem Amin and WIM Jesse February took the titles at the 2024 African Individual Chess Championship (AICC). It would be Amin’s seventh (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) and February’s second (winning in 2021). While Amin was dominant throughout the tournament, February had to wait until the last round when the…
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Scholastic
Shakira Luster: Marist’s Chess Queen
Shakira Luster recently captained the Marist chess team at the Illinois State High School team championship scoring a sparkling 7/7. The Chess Drum audience will know her from her successes at St. Ethelreda Grammar School and her appearance at the Chicago Open. Now a senior at Marist, she is finishing…
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Opinion/Editorials
When will the U.S. host a Chess Olympiad?
Back in 2002, The Chess Drum ran a short article by Dan Lucas that mentioned the U.S. possibly being the host of the 2004 Chess Olympiad. It was during a time of transition for U.S. Chess and at the time, Florida was vying to become the center of U.S. and…
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